Archive for August, 2008
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In principle, yes…
Question to Radio Yerevan: Is it correct that Grigori Grigorievich Grigoriev won a luxury car at the All-Union Championship in Moscow?
Answer: In principle, yes. But first of all it was not Grigori Grigorievich Grigoriev, but Vassili Vassilievich Vassiliev; second, it was not at the All-Union Championship in Moscow, but at a Collective Farm Sports Festival in Smolensk; third, it was not a car, but a bicycle; and fourth he didn’t win it, but rather it was stolen from him. (loosely adapted from this page)
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They don’t miss a trick
This would have been appealing as we waited to be screened in Berlin…
I think the Obama campaign could appropriate the University of Illinois’ slogan, “Always Thinking,” which apparently they no longer use...
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Vcode and VData
This looks really promising as an application for coding video data.
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For the Berlin crew…
I don’t remember this from the Pergamon:
UKTV: About UKTV: The world’s ten oldest jokes
The world’s oldest joke is revealed to be an ancient Sumerian proverb dating back to 1900 BC - Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap. The Sumerian version of this joke occurs in tablets dating to the Old Babylonian period and possibly even dates back to 2,300 BC.